Tongue-support



(No Model.)

A. J. BEACH.

TONGUE SUPPORT.

No. 280,896. Y Y Patented July 10, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN J. BEACH,l OF FLIN'I, MICHIGAN.

renoue-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part vof Letters Patent No. 280,896, dated Julyl0, 1883.

Application filed April 19, 1883. (No model.)

Michigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Wagon-TongueSupports 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clean'and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain newrand useful improvements in theconstruction of devices commonly called wagon-tongue supports; and theinvention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofparts,

whereby the force necessarily exerted for sustaining the pole andrelieving the weight thereof from the horses necks is applied directlyto and from the reach which connects therear running-gearwith theforward aXle, or directly from the rear running-gear itself, all as morefully hereinafter set forth.

Figure l is a top plan, showing the applicationV of my invention to awagon which is supplied with a rolling reach, substantially as describedin Letters Patent granted to me February 28, 1882; and Fig. 2 is asectional view through the line a: :v in Fig. 1.

Inv the accompanying drawings, A represents the tongue; B, the bolster,and C the forward end of the rolling reach, whichis pivotally secured tothe draw-bar D, substantially as described in thc Letters Patenthereinbefore referred to.`

In the drawings I show the bolster as slotted at that point throughwhich the king-bolt passes, and in this slot I place a link, E, theforward end of whichis connected by a rod, F, to one end of thecoil-spring G, the opposite end of which is connected by means of a rod,H, to a tongue in any suitable manner that will admit ofthe detaching ofsuch spring,

with its rods, from the tongue when desired. The rear end of this link Eis secured by means of a connecting-rod, I, in any such manner that willnot interfere with the rolling of the reach.

Vhile I show and describe this device as applied to a wagon providedwith a rolling reach, it can readily be seen that it Jcan advantageouslybe connected to a wagon of any construction by carrying the rearconnection from the link E back to the ordinary reach 5 and it isequally as evident that the employment of the link passing through thebolster can be dispensed with, as a frame'may be constructed which willextend upon either side of the bolster and between it and the sandboard,or by any suitable attachment wherebythe connections will be above theaxle and allow of a free action of the spring, the tension of whichshould be suiicient to retain the tongue in a position at least slightlyabove the horizontal from the point of its attachment with the hounds.

I am aware that several devices have been employed for `supporting thetongue; but they have all been connected in some manner directly to theforward running-gear, and have had the tendency to make the forward axlepitch or roll forward, bringing a strain u'pon the king -bolt and swaybars in many' instances to that degree as to so arch the reach as tocause it to buckle, while at the same time they throw the bolster intosuch a position that the box does not find a solid seat upon its face.In my 'device the two points of resistance tothe extension of the springare upon the tongue and the rear running-gear, and in this constructionI do not interfere with the proper Working of the front running-gear, nomatter what its construction may be.

lI am aware of Patent No. 285,465, of 1880, in which a tension-springconnects the tongue with the upper portion of the body-springs;

but such construction is not sought to be covered in this application. 1

What I claim as new is v 1. In combination with the rolling reach C andthe tongue A, each having hooks, as shown, the tension-spring J, andconnectingrods H I, adapted to be disengaged at will, andthe whole toserve jointly, as and for the purposes set forth.

A2. In combination with the reach (l and tongue A, having hooks, asshown, the link E, passing through the bolster and embracing theking-bolt, the tension-spring G, and the link-rods F, H, and I, alladapted to serve as and for the purposeset forth.

ALLEN J. BEACH.

Witnesses:

CHAnLns J. HUNT, H. S. SPRAGUE.

